Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Schennum

Steven Michael Schennum has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9848642
    Abstract: An aerosol generator device has an elongate body with an interior passageway extending longitudinally to its mouth end. The device receives an interchangeable, pressurized canister charged with a nicotine containing liquid that is discharged in a metered dose on manual actuation of a button member that causes a valve in the canister to open and discharge through a discharge tube. A sleeve releasably couples the canister to the body. The button member is slidably mounted on the body for reciprocal movement along a trigger axis Y-Y? extending transversely of the longitudinal axis X-X? of the device, and has a manually depressible surface portion and a camming surface portion that drives a slidable nozzle member to press the discharge tube inwardly of the canister to open its valve and release liquid into the nozzle member. Nozzle forms an aerosol from the liquid, which is delivered to the consumer through outlets in the mouth end of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Michael Schennum
  • Publication number: 20170222468
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery, wherein the e-cigarette can be re-charged in the tube without disassembly of the e-cigarette; and a dual activation mechanism comprising two separate triggers for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery. The re-charging begins only in response to the direct activation by a user of both of the separate triggers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Michael SCHENNUM, Thomas Michael MCKEON, Matthew Joel NETTENSTROM, Justin Banker PEART
  • Publication number: 20170208865
    Abstract: A pack holds and re-charges an e-cigarette which has a tip connector with first and second charging contacts. The pack includes a pack battery; a body including a tube having an open first end for receiving the e-cigarette; and a connection assembly which is positioned at a second opposite end of the tube and includes a connector with a central contact and an outer contact for re-charging the e-cigarette using the pack battery. The outer contact of the connection assembly comprises a generally annular base and at least two lugs which project from the base in the direction of the first end of the tube and which define a docking station between the lugs for receiving the tip connector of the e-cigarette. The base of the outer contact is spring-mounted, such as by a spring, relative to a housing, of the connection assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Joel NETTENSTROM, Steven Michael SCHENNUM, Deon DING, Ryan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170013875
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack comprises a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery; and a lid attached to the body portion. The lid can be opened to allow the e-cigarette to be received into the tube, and closed to retain the e-cigarette in the tube. The pack is configured to transition from a higher power state to a lower power state a predetermined period of time after the lid is opened and before the lid has been shut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Steven Michael SCHENNUM, Thomas Michael MCKEON, Matthew Joel NETTENSTROM, Justin Banker PEART
  • Publication number: 20170013876
    Abstract: A pack is provided for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack comprises a tube having a substantially cylindrical shape. The tube has a hole defined by an open end of the tube for receiving an e-cigarette into the tube, such that the e-cigarette is held in the tube. The pack further includes a re-charging mechanism for re-charging an e-cigarette held within the tube, and a light for indicating a charging state of the e-cigarette in the tube. The light is located at the open end of the tube adjacent the hole for receiving the e-cigarette into the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Steven Michael SCHENNUM, Thomas Michael MCKEON, Matthew Joel NETTENSTROM, Justin Banker PEART
  • Publication number: 20160101909
    Abstract: A container for an electronic nicotine delivery system. The container has a body having a pair of end walls spaced from each other by a base wall and the body also includes a recess extending between the end walls to receive an electronic nicotine delivery system. A lid is pivotally attached to the body for rotation between open and closed positions about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of an electronic nicotine delivery system received in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Michael SCHENNUM, Thomas Michael MCKEON, Jeremy Aaron ABEL
  • Patent number: 8950395
    Abstract: An aerosol generator comprising a body, a mouthpiece on the body and a delivery mechanism delivers aerosol for inhalation by a consumer into the mouthpiece by turning the mouthpiece and body relative to one another. The aerosol is generated from liquid dispensed from a canister having a discharge tube depressible inwardly to open an interior valve. A nozzle member is driven inwardly against the discharge tube of the canister when the mouthpiece and body are turned relative to one another, to open the valve and create the aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Steven Michael Schennum
  • Patent number: 8689786
    Abstract: An aerosol generator device comprises an elongate body with an interior passageway extending longitudinally to its mouth end. The device receives an interchangeable, pressurized canister charged with a nicotine containing liquid that is discharged in a metered dose on manual actuation of a trigger that causes a valve in the canister to open and discharge through a discharge tube. Inner and outer collar members releasably couple the canister with a bayonet action. The trigger is rotatably mounted on the body about a trigger axis spaced from and extending transversely of the longitudinal axis of the device, and has a manually depressible surface portion under a flexible cover, and a camming surface portion that drives a slidable nozzle member inwardly of the body to press the discharge tube inwardly of the canister and the valve so as to form an aerosol from the liquid released from the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Steven Michael Schennum
  • Publication number: 20140034070
    Abstract: An aerosol generator device has an elongate body with an interior passageway extending longitudinally to its mouth end. The device receives an interchangeable, pressurised canister charged with a nicotine containing liquid that is discharged in a metered dose on manual actuation of a button member that causes a valve in the canister to open and discharge through a discharge tube. A sleeve releaseably couples the canister to the body. The button member is slidably mounted on the body for reciprocal movement along a trigger axis Y-Y? extending transversely of the longitudinal axis X-X? of the device, and has a manually depressible surface portion and a camming surface portion that drives a slidable nozzle member to press the discharge tube inwardly of the canister to open its valve and release liquid into the nozzle member. Nozzle forms an aerosol from the liquid, which is delivered to the consumer through outlets in the mouth end of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Steven Michael Schennum
  • Patent number: 8578942
    Abstract: An aerosol generator device has an elongate body with an interior passageway extending longitudinally to its mouth end. The device receives an interchangeable, pressurized canister charged with a nicotine containing liquid that is discharged in a metered dose on manual actuation of a button member that causes a valve in the canister to open and discharge through a discharge tube. A sleeve releasably couples the canister to the body. The button member is slidably mounted on the body for reciprocal movement along a trigger axis Y-Y? extending transversely of the longitudinal axis X-X? of the device, and has a manually depressible surface portion and a camming surface portion that drives a slidable nozzle member to press the discharge tube inwardly of the canister to open its valve and release liquid into the nozzle member. Nozzle forms an aerosol from the liquid, which is delivered to the consumer through outlets in the mouth end of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Steven Michael Schennum
  • Patent number: 8495998
    Abstract: A portable, handheld breath-actuated inhaler comprises a generally cylindrical body that comprises body portions 1, 3 that receive a canister 2 of pressured fluid such a nicotine to be inhaled in an aerosol by a user, a mouthpiece 7 in the first body portion 1 configured to deliver an amount of the aerosol to the mouth of the user from the canister. A trigger is cocked ready for releasing pressurized fluid from the canister by manually sliding the body portions 1, 3 towards one another. The trigger comprises a compression spring 26 and a cam 33 which engages a pressure sensitive puff lever 28 with a plate 29 that releases the cocked trigger when a user sucks on the mouthpiece and draws in air through air inlet opening 26. Release of the trigger releases spring 26 which slides the body portions apart and also opens a valve in the canister so as to deliver the aerosol to the mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Steven Michael Schennum
  • Patent number: D656676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Steven Michael Schennum, Jeremy Aaron Abel
  • Patent number: D656677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Steven Michael Schennum, Jeremy Aaron Abel
  • Patent number: D673777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon
  • Patent number: D681956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon
  • Patent number: D681957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon
  • Patent number: D681958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Rolando Antonio Cavazos Jimenez, Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon
  • Patent number: D700472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The South African Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Barend Jacobus Philippus Van Staden, Thomas Michael McKeon, Trevor Coleman, Francis Bealin-Kelly, Steven Michael Schennum, Siyabonga Mpanza, Julian Coulter
  • Patent number: D736460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Michael McKeon, Jeremy Aaron Abel, Steven Michael Schennum
  • Patent number: D820515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon, Justin Banker Peart, Jeremy Wright